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School of Humanities expands interdisciplinary academic offerings
New majors and minors include Global Middle East Studies and Medical Humanities
  • Medical Humanities
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UCI philosopher Sven Bernecker awarded 2016 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
Germany's most prestigious prize for international researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship will bring Bernecker to…
  • Gifts & Grants
  • Philosophy
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UCI film & media studies alumni to showcase films at the Newport Beach Film Festival
Merced Bacon '15 and Patrick Reagan '06 to showcase latest films
  • Alumni
  • Film and Media Studies
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Aijaz Ahmad joins UC Irvine's Department of Comparative Literature
Aijaz Ahmad, renowned political and literary theorist, joins the School of Humanities as Chancellor's Professor in the Department…
  • Comparative Literature
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Matthias Lehmann awarded Fulbright research fellowship to write biography of Jewish philanthropist
The subject, Maurice de Hirsch, will broaden our perspective of modern Jewish history
  • Gifts & Grants
  • History
  • Jewish Studies
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Studies of Ancient Iran Receive Support from Farhang Foundation
Foundation Pledges Yearly Support of UC Irvine's Sasanika: Late Antique Iran Project
  • Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies
  • Persian Studies
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Writing a more inclusive history
Historian Alex Borucki's new book, From Shipmates to Soldiers, Emerging Black Identities in the Rio De La Plata, sheds light on…
  • History
  • Latin American Studies
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